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How fast are modern day F1 cars compared to old cars?

  • 24-05-2009 6:18pm
    #1
    Tragedy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭


    Is there any way to really compare them? Thinking especially of the crazy ground effect cars they used to run in the 80's :)


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  • #2
    Slutmonkey57b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭Slutmonkey57b


    Go onto youtube and search for ScotRacer - some great side-by side views of the differences between cars and drivers.

    Basically:
    F1 cars always get faster every year. Regardless of what the regulations try and do to stop them.


  • #3
    Tragedy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Tragedy


    Thanks, seems 2004 is the quickest year of them all.

    Led me to this
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39uqfnW1wS8
    which is quite slick.


  • #4
    riemann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭riemann


    Tragedy wrote: »
    Thanks, seems 2004 is the quickest year of them all.

    Led me to this *vid* which is quite slick.

    Got this sent to me from shell a while back. The making of it is actually quite interesting if your in to that sort of thing.


  • #5
    Fabio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Fabio


    Great advert!

    I'd say they get quicker every year too with few exceptions really...onlyt when radical rules come in does it take time for the engineers to get around them.

    Although you've gotta admire the 1.5 litre turbo engines pushing out 1300bhp in qualifying mode back in the mid eighties.


  • #6
    EvilMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,823 ✭✭✭EvilMonkey


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Modern F1 cars have huge amounts of downforce which allows them to carry a lot more speed through a corner and also a more speed on the way into a corner.
    That and safety, the cars are safer and the circuits have huge run off areas so the drivers can get away with more mistakes and have the confidence to push harder.


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